Something pretty amazing happened at work today...
Hey all,
Well something pretty amazing happened at work today and I wanted to share it with a group of people that could relate to my happiness. 
For any of us that work at a company I’m sure you know about “the candy dish” that is available for anyone to grab from. These “candy dishes” are usually placed in strategic positions so that those of us that *try* to avoid them simply can’t. My work place is no different. We have a large candy dish area that is located along a path I am forced to walk daily. Now the *fear* of dumping keeps me away from sweets/bad foods however the temptation is still there – if only very subtly. I don’t like being tempted in this way so I decided to combat the evil candy dish. 
Now for those that have not read any of my former posts –I’m one of those people that has decided to *not* tell my co-workers about my RNY. So I had to handle this battle slightly different.
The other day I casually raised the topic of healthy food choices to the lady that “hosts” the candy dish – we’ll called her Amethyst. I was pleased to learn Amethyst was receptive to my comments and she herself likes healthy choices and only loads the candy dish with sweets due to our VP’s preferences. Our VP, BTW, is one of *those people* that could eat a whole freaking cheesecake and actually lose weight and still look great. …but I digress. So after Amethyst & I spoke about health food choices, last week, I noticed that on Monday there were some packets of pre-seeded sunflower seeds and a handful of raisin packets amongst the assortment of Halloween-ish candy choices. I happily put my laptop down at my desk and came back for a sunflower packet. Low and behold – the sunflower seeds were missing. Amethyst looked up and said, “Oh hi Greg, I put a few health food choices out today and they’ve been flying off the shelf.” She reached in her bag and handed me a sunflower packet. I, of course, said thank you and retuned with a couple dollars of change for “the healthy dish” and simply commented “I really liked those sunflower seeds and raisins. What a great idea you had. Here are a few dollars to support our health choices, Amethyst”.
Had it been left at that – I wouldn’t have posted anything and simply been happy to pick through the candy to find the handful of raisin packets.
Today, when I came into work, here is the cornucopia that I saw:
Now nearly 2/3rds of the selections are HEALTHY CHIOCES!!!
In the pictures you see oranges, pre-packaged fresh cherry tomatoes, pre-shelled sunflower seeds, apples, packets of wheat crackers, raisin packets and the evil candy dish relegated to the corner – representing a miniscule 1/3 of the selection. When I saw Amethyst today she commented that a few people gave “the candy dish area a weird look” but a large percentage of folks, she observed, have been selecting from the healthy options.
ahhhh…. One small step for me, one giant leap for my colleagues 
I WON *THIS BATTLE*, EVIL CANDY DISH, AND WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS WAR AGAINST YOU WITH ALL MY MIGHT!!!! 
Thanks for reading,
-GD
For any of us that work at a company I’m sure you know about “the candy dish” that is available for anyone to grab from. These “candy dishes” are usually placed in strategic positions so that those of us that *try* to avoid them simply can’t. My work place is no different. We have a large candy dish area that is located along a path I am forced to walk daily. Now the *fear* of dumping keeps me away from sweets/bad foods however the temptation is still there – if only very subtly. I don’t like being tempted in this way so I decided to combat the evil candy dish.
Now for those that have not read any of my former posts –I’m one of those people that has decided to *not* tell my co-workers about my RNY. So I had to handle this battle slightly different.
The other day I casually raised the topic of healthy food choices to the lady that “hosts” the candy dish – we’ll called her Amethyst. I was pleased to learn Amethyst was receptive to my comments and she herself likes healthy choices and only loads the candy dish with sweets due to our VP’s preferences. Our VP, BTW, is one of *those people* that could eat a whole freaking cheesecake and actually lose weight and still look great. …but I digress. So after Amethyst & I spoke about health food choices, last week, I noticed that on Monday there were some packets of pre-seeded sunflower seeds and a handful of raisin packets amongst the assortment of Halloween-ish candy choices. I happily put my laptop down at my desk and came back for a sunflower packet. Low and behold – the sunflower seeds were missing. Amethyst looked up and said, “Oh hi Greg, I put a few health food choices out today and they’ve been flying off the shelf.” She reached in her bag and handed me a sunflower packet. I, of course, said thank you and retuned with a couple dollars of change for “the healthy dish” and simply commented “I really liked those sunflower seeds and raisins. What a great idea you had. Here are a few dollars to support our health choices, Amethyst”.
Had it been left at that – I wouldn’t have posted anything and simply been happy to pick through the candy to find the handful of raisin packets.Today, when I came into work, here is the cornucopia that I saw:
Now nearly 2/3rds of the selections are HEALTHY CHIOCES!!!
In the pictures you see oranges, pre-packaged fresh cherry tomatoes, pre-shelled sunflower seeds, apples, packets of wheat crackers, raisin packets and the evil candy dish relegated to the corner – representing a miniscule 1/3 of the selection. When I saw Amethyst today she commented that a few people gave “the candy dish area a weird look” but a large percentage of folks, she observed, have been selecting from the healthy options.
ahhhh…. One small step for me, one giant leap for my colleagues
I WON *THIS BATTLE*, EVIL CANDY DISH, AND WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS WAR AGAINST YOU WITH ALL MY MIGHT!!!! Thanks for reading,
-GD
That's great ! Now you need to start a "walking lunch " ? I wonder how many people would join you 
Sandy
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